Freewing A6 Intruder

[BushPilot]

Ive also asked MRC about the bomb kit. RC Geek has bombs but they are the wrong scale. I asked him if he could make them smaller he said he would have to redraw them and he would look into it. Maybe if enough people ask him about it he would be more interested to do it.

I’ve looked at the bomb rack he has for the A-4 Skyhawk, .....150 USD....looks very cool.

[roxndirt64]

Ive also asked MRC about the bomb kit. RC Geek has bombs but they are the wrong scale. I asked him if he could make them smaller he said he would have to redraw them and he would look into it. Maybe if enough people ask him about it he would be more interested to do it.

[Evan D]

Tom has said that the molds where an older style so they stopped using them but if enough ask for them he would ask FW to make a run.

[Marco Polo]

I believe Freewing stopped making the ordinance for the A6, so you won't be able to find it from another reseller unless they have super old inventory. Perhaps some of the weapons sets from other Freewing models will fit. Let's see if MRC product management can shed some light.

[BushPilot]

Hello everybody! just purchased the high performance pnp A-6 (Im sure MRC will bring more), has anybody used the admiral 5100 lipo carbon in this model? Does anybody else offer the ordinance that MRC stopped producing? Thank you for your help!

[roxndirt64]

I’m putting together an A-6 and had the same issue with the elevator. Really rough through the range of movement. While I was trimming the mount I noticed the servos were misaligned with the elevator control horn. When I aligned the mount more precisely most of the roughness disappeared even with the stock servos. I still replaced them anyway, and it’s very smooth now.

What servos did you use to replace the factory ones in the elevator? I just ordered the new high performance version. Crashed my other one friday, had an elevator servo come loose from the control horn and jam the flight control.

[John Bergsmith]

An upscale version in a twin 70-80mm/1500mm span would be a knockout and a must own for me since I was attached with Intruders during the early 70's.
Here's the present version with my squadron tail

A larger twin would be something, no doubt. Yours is looking good!

[OV10]

An upscale version in a twin 70-80mm/1500mm span would be a knockout and a must own for me since I was attached with Intruders during the early 70's.
Here's the present version with my squadron tail

[John Bergsmith]

I put four more flights on the A-6 yesterday all were successful. I moved the battery back another 1/2, so it's now an 1 1/2" from where I started so the C/G in the manual must not be accurate. Very pleased with the performance from the A-6, it has good power and handles very well. Did a lot of very slow flight again yesterday and the A-6 behaved very well, no sign of any bad habits. It continues to be very easy to land. Both my wife and son flew the A-6 yesterday, and they both enjoyed it as well.

[John Bergsmith]

Put the first four flight on the Intruder today and I’m very pleased so far. All four flights I had the wing tanks and the c/l tank on. I used 6s 4000mah Gens Ace battery’s for all four flights. The first flight was set up per the manual and I used the rear most CG point specified in the manual. By the fourth flight I moved the battery back a full inch and I think I can move it back more.

The only changes I made to the A-6 were to replace the elevator servos. I also installed a AR636 AS3X receiver the I set up with the following flight modes, 1. Gyro Off, 2. 35% gain and 150% priority on ail/ele/rudder. 3. 55% gain and 150% priority on ail/ele/rudder.

First flight I took off and trimmed the airplane in flight mode one. Not much trimmed required, but it did feel nose heavy. Tested flight mode 2 and the Intruder felt great with zero oscillation. Landed in flight mode 2 with no issue.

Second flight i moved the battery battery back an 1/2”, and tested flight mode 2. Again felt great, with no adverse impact. Did some high speed passes, loops and rolls. Still felt nose heavy.

3rd and 4th flight I moved the battery back another 1/2” and stayed in flight mode 3 for the entire flight. Explored the low speed handling characteristics of the A-6. The Intruder flew around at very slow speeds without a single hint of doing something bad. Zero tendency to tip stall. However, still feels nose heavy with the battery being moved back a full inch.

Tomorrow I’ll put some additional flights and continue to play with the CG. I’ll also refine the priority settings in the AS3X. Flaps have felt great in every flight, but I need to add a little elevator compensation. I’ll also fly it without the tanks.

I have more than a few of these EDF’s, and the Intruder flies very well and more than holds its own. I have yet to find a bad tendency, and it slows down and lands like a trainer. The A-6 looks great in the air, and sounds nice as well. It looks great with the tanks on. Looking forward to more flights tomorrow.

[John Bergsmith]

wow. what a difference two improved servos make on that full flying elevator. Smooooooooth transition thru the range of movement. Maiden on for this weekend!!!.

I’m putting together an A-6 and had the same issue with the elevator. Really rough through the range of movement. While I was trimming the mount I noticed the servos were misaligned with the elevator control horn. When I aligned the mount more precisely most of the roughness disappeared even with the stock servos. I still replaced them anyway, and it’s very smooth now.

[Jdcrow]

wow. what a difference two improved servos make on that full flying elevator. Smooooooooth transition thru the range of movement. Maiden on for this weekend!!!.

[Jdcrow]

I bought mine last year and the elevator servos would work okay once then go into some serious fluttering, anyway I flew it once and my buddy wanted it, so I gave him a buddy deal and he did change those cheap elevator servos, it was the problem, no more fluttering, I wouldn't fly with them myself.

That is what my gut is telling me to do as well. To much control surface to be inconsistent and jumpy like that.

[Jdcrow]

What receiver and do you have a gyro in it?

No gyro. Spektrum Receiver

[DCORSAIR]

Have my A-6E all ready to Maiden. One thing I noticed during setup, is the dual servo full flying Stab is quite jerky thru movement. Transition thru the movement range is not smooth. anyone else have this going on ?

My concern, founded or not, is it might make minor elevator trim on landings challenging and inconsistent. Thoughts or Experience anyone would like to share?

I bought mine last year and the elevator servos would work okay once then go into some serious fluttering, anyway I flew it once and my buddy wanted it, so I gave him a buddy deal and he did change those cheap elevator servos, it was the problem, no more fluttering, I wouldn't fly with them myself.

[Evan D]

What receiver and do you have a gyro in it?

[Jdcrow]

Have my A-6E all ready to Maiden. One thing I noticed during setup, is the dual servo full flying Stab is quite jerky thru movement. Transition thru the movement range is not smooth. anyone else have this going on ?

My concern, founded or not, is it might make minor elevator trim on landings challenging and inconsistent. Thoughts or Experience anyone would like to share?

[Phantom]

Well the maiden went well, she took off easily cruised around at half throttle, there wasn't much difference in speed from half to full throttle with 5 tanks on, but I look forward to flying it next time with just bare rails. One thing I noticed, even with the tanks on, she floated in ground effect forever! Got to find the throttle setting, to still land with power, but not drop or float forever. Oh well practice, practice practice.

[Phantom]

Wonder why they dropped the bomb ordnance package, I thought that they looked much better than the tanks. Sold my A-6 but kept the bomb package ! One guy here has the bombs on his F/W F-4 and they look equally as spectacular.

I agree those bombs on the F-4 look pretty sweet. What are you doing with your A-6 bombs? Did you throw them on another bird? Looking to sell them by chance...?:Cool:

[killickb]

Wonder why they dropped the bomb ordnance package, I thought that they looked much better than the tanks. Sold my A-6 but kept the bomb package ! One guy here has the bombs on his F/W F-4 and they look equally as spectacular.